Chiarina Chen (China/USA, 1990) is a New York and Beijing based curator and producer. She explores post - Anthropocene and strives to evoke inter-relatedness among human, nature, ritual, ancestor, etc. Chen constructs projects as dynamic assemblage, merging technology and multiple art forms including artificial intelligence, cyborg expression, video-photography, sound installation and theatrical performance. Throughout her practice, she has been integrating curatorial series with various social and educational sectors. She is affiliated with the Asian Institute of Education and Research, Posthuman Research Group at New York University, American Society of Media

CALL FOR ART STUDENTS
Hereby, we would like to invite art students from the University of Applied Arts Vienna to take part in the project Curators’ Agenda: VIENNA 2019 and collaborate with a group of international, emerging curators on the realization of a mutual group exhibition.
Application deadline: 1 July 2019
Exhibition dates:
Opening: Friday, 25 October 2019
Duration: 26 October – 15 November 2019
Location: Top floor gallery at Krinzinger Projekte.
About Curators’ Agenda: VIENNA 2019:
Curators’ Agenda (C’A) is an annual 6-week curators-in-residence program taking place in Vienna from 16 September – 31 October 2019, organized for the fifth time by the Vienna based organization BLOCKFREI. It is designed

Residency program for emerging international curators
Application deadline: 3 June 2019
Duration: 16 September – 31 October 2019
Location: Vienna, Austria
• Want to gain first-hand curatorial practical experience in one of the most vibrant art hubs in Europe?
• Looking to improve your curating skills in a highly international setting?
• Motivated to connect with notable agents of the Viennese contemporary art scene?
• Eager to create connections with peers coming from different parts of the world?
Curators’ Agenda: VIENNA 2019 (C’A) aims to answer your specific professional aspirations and to provide you with a unique first-hand curatorial experience during a 6-week

Residency program for emerging international curators
Application deadline: 3 June, 2019
Duration: 16 September – 31 October 2019
Location: Vienna, Austria
The fifth edition of the program Curators’ Agenda: VIENNA 2019 (C’A) is taking place for six weeks in Vienna from mid-September till the end of October 2019.
C’A is an annual, unique, know-how program for international, emerging curators who are interested in exploring Vienna’s contemporary art scene and deepening their practical and theoretical knowledge on production and realization of exhibitions.
The participants are selected on the basis of an open call, published worldwide three months before the start of the program.

About us

BLOCKFREI is an independent cultural organization based in Vienna. It was established in 2013 as a platform for innovative cultural praxis, with the goal to support the cooperation between cultural groups from Austria and South-Eastern Europe.
BLOCKFREI embodies the concept of mobility of artists and cultural professionals, strongly believing that multicultural projects are of the highest importance and inevitability part of the global cultural and geopolitical sphere.

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